VET Data Report Germany 2016/2017

Relevant and current data on the VET system in English

Selected findings

The development of the German VET system and more specifically of the dual system relies on regular data collection. The Data Report of the BIBB is a selection of most relevant and current data on the German VET system.

The German VET System

In this section you find information on the German VET system – on its success factors, its structure and components as well as on challenges and future topics for the further development of the system.

News

Within the scope of a BIBB research project the role of stakeholders in VET in times of digitalisation is analysed in Germany and Switzerland. Developments and their implications for the respective VET systems are compared.

BIBB and GIZ support the Vietnamese partner institution NIVT, to further improve the Vietnam VET report. Against this background, the trilateral cooperation agreement has been prolonged during the BIBB mission to Vietnam in November and signed through NIVT and GIZ for the period 2018-2020.

More than 300 participants from the European Union and neighbouring countries accepted the invitation of the European Training Foundation (ETF) to discuss changes on the labour market from a skills perspective in Turin/Italy from 21 to 22 November 2018.

On 30 November 2018, BIBB experts met with representatives of VET institutions from Switzerland, Austria, Australia and Canada in a workshop on the comparability of data on in-company vocational education and training to discuss the further development of the existing indicators.

The German-Thai Dual Excellence Education initiative (GTDEE) implements the dual training programme in Thailand. Following experiences gained from the programme implementation, one focus for GTDEE is currently quality development in the partner vocational schools of the training companies.

Following his appointment last year as Professor of Vocational Education and Research at Paderborn University, BIBB Research Director Prof. Ertl has now delivered an inaugural lecture entitled “Vocational education and training research in the age of digital transformation”.

An increase in the population, hostorically low unemployment and shortages of skilled workers in specific occupations – especially in health care occupations – will characterise the labour market in Germany in 2035. This is shown by current projections by BIBB and IAB.

The third generation of young people with a migration background are just as successful in the search for a training position as young people without a migration background. The results are presented in the latest issue of the BIBB REPORT series.

Events

07.02.2019 | Bonn

Tasks V: Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work

Technological advances in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence are increasingly making it possible for machines to perform tasks that previously could only be done by humans. This conference will bring together economists, sociologists and researchers from related fields to discuss frontier research on labor market effects of automation and digitization.

2015 VET Data Report

The 2015 Data Report to accompany the Report on Vocational Education and Training includes comprehensive information on and analyses of initial and continuing vocational education and training, provides a summary of Federal Government and federal state VET funding programmes and also covers international indicators and benchmarks.

Stakeholders of the German VET System

Presentation on VET in Germany

The presentation explores the quality features of German VET and is based on the GOVET standard presentation on Dual VET. The presentation shows how the different stakeholders shape and drive Dual VET at the key "joints" of a vocational training system.

DQR

German Qualifications Framework

With the help of the German Qualifications Framework (DQR) training content becomes transparent throughout Germany. It is linked to the European counterpart, the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) and makes the German dual system comparable throughout the member states of EQF.

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